* Not exactly a barn find, but close enough: A German man who had always wanted a BMW M1 stumbled across one for sale and in his price range in a storage facility, eventually finding out that it was one of the M1s that March entered in the 1980 Le Mans. AutoMinded pointed out the story from Der Spiegel.

* Philip Powell this week reflected on the world’s longest rally and the only FIA-sanctioned rally in North America, the Trans Canada Rally of 1961-1968, also known as the Shell 4000 Rally.

* We’ve mentioned Joan Cuneo here several times already, and now we see that Elsa Nystrom will be coming out with a book on Cuneo, a preview of which recently ran on The Old Motor.

* Finally, yet another designer who mines car culture for couture and tries to sell it back to us for obscene amounts of money. This time it’s Dustin Page at Platinum Dirt with the VIN Jackets, made from junkyard-sourced leather and other car components. Starting at $1,690. (via and via)